A couple who moved to Leicester believing it was a peaceful place to raise a family have had their car trashed by vandals.

Masum and Paulina Shamjad came to Leicester from London five months ago with their two-year-old daughter Adriana and said they had always been made to feel very welcome in Dumbleton Avenue, Rowley Fields.

But on Wednesday morning the couple were alerted by a neighbour that corrosive material had been poured over their car, which was parked outside their home.

Masum, 34, said: “There were bubbles all over the paintwork and the tyres were flat.

“I thought it was an acid attack at first and that the acid had melted the tyres.

“But I called out the fire brigade and they said it was just paint stripper and that the tyres had been slashed with a knife.

“It’s so strange because our other car was parked on the drive and it wasn’t touched.

“It feels like someone’s targeting us but I don’t know why. We haven’t been harassed in any way by anyone and we’ve found it to be a really nice area.